TAOTAO TANO SAY'S HOW MUCH PROOF DO YOU NEED? DPL IS JUST BUYING TIME TO GET RID OF ALL INVOLVED? DPL? THE LETTER "P" STANDS FOR PUBLIC AND WE THE PUBLIC SAID NO!TO TRIPLE STAR RECYLING REQUEST FOR PUBLIC LAND LEASE. WE DON'T NEED THIS COMPANIES INVESTMENT.SHUT THEM DOWN!
Monday October 22, 2007 Local Monday, October 22, 2007
Recycling center on Tinian raided By Ferdie de la Torre Reporter Authorities raided on Thursday the Tinian branch of the controversial Saipan Triple Star Recycling, Saipan Tribune learned. Sources said officers from Tinian Department of Public Safety, Attorney General's Investigative Unit, and Commonwealth Utilities Corp. searched the recycling center pursuant to a search warrant. Copper wires and some water meters were allegedly confiscated during the raid. Authorities, however, have yet to confirm the information regarding the evidence. Saipan Tribune asked DPS spokesperson Lei Ogumoro about the operation, she refused to comment. On Friday afternoon, Immigration officers brought Mr. Qing Bin Zheng, an alleged overstaying Chinese national, to the Superior Court for a bail hearing. According to a report prepared by Immigration inspector Jay Jess San Nicolas on Friday, personnel from Tinian Immigration and AGIU from Saipan apprehended Zheng at the Saipan Triple Star Recycling on Tinian. San Nicolas said Zheng's last work permit expired on Jan. 18, 2006. “The respondent has been illegal over one year and nine months,” said San Nicolas in his report. Court documents also indicated that aside from Zheng there were also other persons arrested. Associate Judge David A. Wiseman imposed a $500 cash bail and $500 unsecured bond for the temporary release of Zheng. Wiseman said Zheng shall have not direct or indirect contact with “co-defendants and alleged victims.” The judge ordered the respondent to appear in court on Nov. 8 to explain why he should not be deported from the CNMI. During a House session last Tuesday, Rep. Ray N. Yumul reported that the Division of Customs is investigating Saipan Triple Star Recycling over its shipment of two containers of scrap metal. Customs imposed a hold on all scrap metal shipments on Sept. 4, 2007 due to a reported series of copper wire thefts in the CNMI. In spite of the order, the recycling center allegedly managed to ship two containers out of the CNMI, while the third container was intercepted. The inspected container reportedly contained questionable copper wires, including a spool of unused wire and possible copper wires such as that used by CUC.
ROLLING BLACK OUT"S
OUTAGE November 19, 2007...lower dandan.
OUTAGE November 20th, schedule to go off in some parts of the Island.
OUTAGE November 21th, 2007 HITS KAGMAN
EMERGENCY BLACKOUT HITS SAIPAN November 21st, 2007 5pm without announcement.
ROTATING BLACKOUTS ARE BACK November 23rd, 2007
Feeder 4 - 1 in the morning and another from 7pm-9pm.
OUTAGE: November 25th, 2007
Feeder 4 - 1 at midnight and another at 7-9pm.
OUTAGE: November 26th, 2007
Susupe, Feeder 4 7-9pm & midnight for 2 hours.
OUTAGE: November 27th, 2007
Feeder 4 morning hours
HERE WE GO AGAIN
Local Sunday, March 30, 2008
Fate of power rate repeal now lies with Senate
By Agnes E. Donato
Reporter
House members are counting on the Senate to pass a bill repealing a law that reduced power rates in the Commonwealth.
Rep. Tina Sablan, one of bill's sponsors, said yesterday that passing the bill is a difficult political decision, but it “needs to be done.”
“I am hopeful that they [senators] will see the gravity of the situation and act expeditiously,” Sablan said in an interview yesterday.
Rep. Heinz Hofschneider, also a sponsor of the bill, expressed the same hope. “Everyday that we don't act to repeal that law means CUC will continue to burden the general fund,” he said.
House Bill 16-79 passed the Lower House with a 17-1 vote on Thursday. Rep. Stanley T. Torres voted against the bill. Representatives Oscar M. Babauta and Ralph Torres were not present.
The bill proposes to repeal Public Law 15-94, which forced power rates down to 17 cents per kWh in October 2007, and reduced or scrapped other charges for residential customers.
The law, compounded by the rising cost of fuel, has caused the Commonwealth Utilities Corp. to face a shortfall of about $1 million each month for fuel alone.
Due to the shortfall, CUC for instance failed to pay for a full 30-day fuel supply last month. Power outages are now occurring partly because CUC is stretching to last for 30 days the 23-day supply that it managed to purchase.
Hofschneider said that the repealer bill would not only allow CUC to pay for full fuel deliveries, but also reduce government subsidy to the utility.
In addition, Sablan argued, the customers would not lose much if P.L. 15-94 was repealed. The law, she noted, has not been of any real benefit to the customers, since emergency regulations were adopted to give CUC flexibility in setting the fuel component of the power rates.
House Bill 16-79 will become law once approved by the Senate and signed by the governor.
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